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The Stamp Act Congress was a meeting of representatives from nine of the British colonies that convened in New York City in October 1765. The goal was to draft a resolution of rights and grievances against Parliament and the Crown concerning the recently implemented Stamp Act. The convention adopted a Declaration of Rights and Grievances, which denied Parliament’s right to impose taxes on the colonies. At the same time it accepted parliamentary authority.